Pressure sensitive adhering floor panel

ABSTRACT

A pressure sensitive adhering floor panel includes a panel body. The panel body has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. The bottom surface is coated with a foam layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer. A bottom of the foam layer is flush with that of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is adjacent to the second side surface. The first side surface is formed with a male engaging portion, and the second side surface is formed with a female engaging portion adapted to mate with a male engaging portion of another panel body.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to floor panel, and more particularly to apressure sensitive adhering floor panel.

2. Description of the Prior Art

For indoor decorative purposes, some cement floor and tile floor may becoated with floor panels made of wood or the like material.

To apply floor panels on the floor, a wooden substrate should be appliedon the floor first, and then the wooden floor panels can be nailed onthe wooden substrate. Another way to apply the floor panels is toinstall a layer of longitudinal planks on the floor, then to install alayer of transversal planks on the longitudinal planks, then to installthe wooden substrate on the transversal planks, and thereafter to nailthe floor panels on the wooden substrate.

It is noticed that the installation of conventional floor panels is veryexpensive but not efficient. Tools such as nailing devices or hammersare needed to fix the floor panels on the floor, which will producenoise. Further, the installation process is not easy for an untraineduser.

The present invention is, therefore, arisen to obviate or at leastmitigate the above mentioned disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main object of the present invention is to provide a pressuresensitive adhering floor panel that can be easily and economicallyinstalled.

To achieve the above and other objects, a pressure sensitive adheringfloor panel of the present invention includes a panel body. The panelbody has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and asecond side surface opposite to the first side surface. The bottomsurface is coated with a foam layer and a pressure sensitive adhesivelayer. A bottom of the foam layer is flush with that of the pressuresensitive adhesive layer. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer isadjacent to the second side surface. The first side surface is formedwith a male engaging portion, and the second side surface is formed witha female engaging portion adapted to mate with a male engaging portionof another panel body.

The present invention will become more obvious from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferredembodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective drawing showing a floor panel of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective drawing showing two combined floor panels of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a profile showing the combination of two floor panels of thepresent invention;

FIG. 4 is a profile showing two combined floor panels of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Please refer to FIG. 1. A pressure sensitive adhering floor panel of thepresent invention is adapted to be applied on the floor. The floor panelincludes a panel body 10. The panel body 10 has a top surface 11, abottom surface 12, a first side surface 13 and a second side surface 14opposite to the first side surface 13. More specifically, the panel body10 is a cuboid, in which the side surfaces 13, 14 are the lengthy sidesrather than the short sides. The bottom surface 12 is coated with a foamlayer 15 and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 16. A bottom of thefoam layer 15 is flush with that of the pressure sensitive adhesivelayer 16. Preferably, the foam layer 15 and the pressure sensitiveadhesive layer 16 mutually entirely cover the bottom surface 12. Thepressure sensitive adhesive layer 16 is adjacent to the second sidesurface 14, and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 16 islongitudinal. A width of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 16 is nobigger than one third of a distance between the first and second sidesurfaces 13 and 14. In order to prevent the pressure sensitive adhesivelayer 16 from unexpectedly adhere to an object, the bottom of thepressure sensitive adhesive layer 16 is further coated with a releasepaper (not shown). The release paper is peeled off from the bottom ofthe pressure sensitive adhesive layer 16 when the floor panel is appliedon the floor.

Please further refer to FIG. 2. The first side surface 13 is formed witha male engaging portion, and the second side surface is formed with afemale engaging portion for a male engaging portion of another panelbody 20 to mate therewith. To elevate the engagement effect, the maleengaging portion is designed to be a protrusive rim 313 lengthwiseextended toward a width direction of the panel body 10, and the femaleengaging portion is designed to be a longitudinal slot 32 lengthwisecaved in from the second side surface 14. Preferably, the slot 32 has anopen end 33, a closed end 34, an upper wall 35 and a lower wall 36. Theupper wall 35 includes an upper slanted section 351 and an upperhorizontal section 352. The upper slanted section 351 is close to theopen end 33 of the longitudinal slot 32 and is slanted toward the topsurface 11 of the panel body 10. The upper horizontal section 352 isclose to the closed end 34 of the longitudinal slot 32 and is parallelto the width direction of the panel body 10. The lower wall 36 includesa lower slanted section 361 and a lower horizontal section 362. Thelower slanted section 361 is close to the closed end 34 of thelongitudinal slot 32 and is parallel to the upper slanted section 351.The lower horizontal section 362 is close to the open end 33 of thelongitudinal slot 32 and is parallel to the upper horizontal section352. Preferably, the horizontal sections 352 and 362 are lengthwiseformed with engaging rims 353 and 363 extended toward a directionperpendicular to the horizontal sections 352 and 362. The protrusive rim31 is formed with engaging slots 311 and 312 corresponding to theengaging slots 353 and 363.

To combine the panel bodies 10 and 20, the protrusive rim 31 is insertedinto the longitudinal slot 32 a of the panel 20 along an orientation ofthe slanted sections 352 a and 353 a as shown in FIG. 3. Thereafter, thepanel body 10 pivots downward to be parallel to the panel body 20 asshown in FIG. 4, engaging the protrusive rim 31 with the horizontalsections 352 a and 353 a. That is, the engaging slots 311 and 312 mateswith the engaging rims 353 a and 363 a respectively. Thereby, the panelbodies 10 and 20 are combined.

The panel body 10 may have a third side surface and a fourth sidesurface, each of which is further formed with another male engagingportion and female engaging portion respectively.

It is noted that, at the time the panel body 10 pivots downward to beparallel to the panel body 20, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 16adjacent to the second side surface 14 also adheres to the floor. Inother words, the panel body 10 engages with the panel body 20 andadheres to the floor simultaneously. As such, the installation of thefloor panel of the present invention is significantly simplified.

In addition, the floor panels of the present invention can be positionedon the floor without nails, and no wooden substrate is needed for thefloor panels to be nailed thereon. Thus a user can easily install thefloor panels of the present invention all by himself/herself. Further,the foam layer is slightly deformable, so the floor panels can appliedon the floor flush even the floor is not totally smooth. Also, the foamlayer can be used to absorb noise as well as vibrations.

1. A pressure sensitive adhering floor panel, being adapted to beapplied on the floor, comprising: a panel body, having a top surface, abottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface oppositeto the first side surface, the bottom surface being coated with a foamlayer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, the foam layer having abottom, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer having a bottom, thebottom of the foam layer being flush with that of the pressure sensitiveadhesive layer, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer being adjacent tothe second side surface, the first side surface being formed with a maleengaging portion, the second side surface being formed with a femaleengaging portion adapted to mate with a male engaging portion of anotherpanel body.
 2. The floor panel of claim 1, wherein the foam layer andthe pressure sensitive adhesive layer substantially entirely cover thebottom surface mutually.
 3. The floor panel of claim 1, wherein thepressure sensitive adhesive layer is longitudinal, a width of thepressure sensitive adhesive layer is no bigger than one third of adistance between the first and second side surfaces.
 4. The floor panelof claim 1, wherein a bottom of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer isfurther coated with a release paper, the release paper is peeled offfrom the bottom of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer when the floorpanel is applied on the floor.
 5. The floor panel of claim 1, whereinthe male engaging portion is a protrusive rim lengthwise extended towarda width direction of the panel body, the female engaging portion is alongitudinal slot lengthwise caved in from the second side surface, thelongitudinal slot has an open end, a closed end, an upper wall and alower wall, the upper wall includes an upper slanted section and anupper horizontal section, the upper slanted section is close to the openend of the longitudinal slot and is slanted toward the top surface ofthe panel body, the upper horizontal section is close to the closed endof the longitudinal slot and is parallel to the width direction of thepanel body, the lower wall includes a lower slanted section and a lowerhorizontal section, the lower slanted section is close to the closed endof the longitudinal slot and is parallel to the upper slanted section,the lower horizontal section is close to the open end of thelongitudinal slot and is parallel to the upper horizontal section;wherein the protrusive rim of the panel body inserts into a longitudinalslot of the another panel body along an orientation of the slantedsections of the another panel body, thereafter the panel body pivotsdownward to be parallel to the another panel body, engaging theprotrusive rim of the panel body with horizontal sections of the anotherpanel body, thereby combining the panel body with the another panelbody.
 6. The floor panel of claim 5, wherein the protrusive rim isformed with at least one engaging slot, the horizontal sections areformed with at least one engaging rim corresponding to the engagingslot.